Sims' Baptism

We got to share in a very special day with Mr. Sims Booker Prewett on Sunday, June 10th. He was baptized and welcomed into our church. I say "our" church because we also joined on that very same day. All five Prewetts were up in front of the church for a solid five minutes without anything crazy happening!

 Just like always he was in a very happy mood that day...

 We were excited to have all of these special family members join Sims...

 We could not have gotten everyone up and dressed without MeMe there to help! 

 The rest of Mallory's family was at basketball camp, but we were so glad to have her join us!

 A picture of the five of us just wouldn't be the same without Greer doing something off-the-wall like chewing on a Lego which he found in the bottom of my purse!

  

 And this is a very special person to Sims and our entire family! This is Ashton, our most fabulous, awesome, incredible, I could go on and on...nanny! We were so happy to have her join us since she has been such a tremendous part of our lives for the past few months. She has truly been sent to us from up above. We love her to pieces, and she juggles my three children better than I do!

 After church we headed to lunch. Greer had to ride with Uncle Josh in his truck. I mean, it is a big deal to this little guy if you drive a truck!

We had a wonderful day celebrating with Sims. Rusty and I are proud to commit to bringing him up in a Christian home, and we are excited to see what the Lord has in store for this baby boy's future! We love you Sims Booker!!!

New Rental House

In the midst of the craziness that May brings, we moved a couple of weeks ago. We went from a 3 bedroom  "patio home" with no yard to a 4 bedroom house with a big fenced-in yard! Here she is...

 My most favorite part of this house...a fenced-in, confining yard! You see our other rental house had a tiny yard with an alley in the back. Having a 2-year old who likes to wander did not work at all with an alley in the back of the house. I feel much safer and content here. We hope to purchase or build something in the next year, but this house is great for the time being!

 Another AWESOME thing about this house...our WONDERFUL neighbors! One of my good friends from college lives right next door with their 3 children who are all very close in age to ours. The below scene is absolutely adorable. Ellie and Calli Ann like to climb the fence and talk to each other on occasion...

 We find them like this every other day. I'd love to know what they're discussing! 

We all have our own bedroom now, and that makes this Mama very happy! Maybe we can actually have some football season company this year!

Cheer Camp

Ellie attended cheer camp this past week with the Auburn High School cheerleaders and loved it! The leader of her little group was Miss Haley!

Our little cheerleader in action doing her cheers and dance she learned.

 She had a lot of friends at camp with her! I think every girl we know age 4 and over was at camp!

So glad Lollie was here to watch her perform on the last day. 

Who knows if she has a future in cheerleading, but she definitely enjoyed camp!

Memorial Day 2012

After Thomas' graduation weekend, the kids and I stayed down in Atmore with Lollie and Poppy for a few days and then headed to the beach! We stayed at GG Mama's condo for the first few days, and then on Friday when the rest of the crew arrived we headed over to stay at Momese's house. The kids had a blast! This little girl has been waiting and waiting for a beach trip! She had 2 swim lessons before our trip and while we were down there she started swimming all over the pool without her floaties! Woohoo! I thought this day would never come. She is doing great!

 Greer was obsessed with the face sunscreen...

Lollie took the kiddos for an evening stroll every day...

I had to catch him with his hat on because of course he wouldn't actually wear it out in the sun!

Day 2 still with the sunscreen...

Searching for hermit crabs...notice the sunscreen still in his hand!

Hermit crabs!! And sunscreen...

When this little guy awoke from his morning nap we decided to get him all dolled up and ready for a dip in the pool. I mean how cute is he here?!!

He did this in the pool for a good 30 minutes...

Greer was a fish and a fish with no fear jumping off the side and going "unner" as he would say.

On the way to the beach we stopped at Target where Greer found these cars. He carried them all around the store for a good 30 minutes. I looked at Lollie and said, "I'm not buying those because they are "Cars," and I know they are expensive just by looking at them! When we got up to the register I handed them to the lady and got her to scan them. They rang up for a mere $29.99 just as I had expected. $30 for a set of matchbox-sized cars. When I handed them back to him he squealed with delight because he thought we had purchased them and then started asking me to open them. After all of that of course Lollie broke down and bought them for him. It was well worth every penny though because he carried them around all week. He tends to favor Lightning McQueen and Mater but does play with the others as well.

We had our annual birthday celebration for Thomas while at the beach. We whipped up a delicious meal on Saturday, and Ellie and Greer were big helpers with the corn shucking.

On Sunday we headed over to the Johnson's house to do some swimming...

Grass eating...

Snow cone making...

And even Webb came! Thomas was at work, but Webb came to visit anyway!

Ellie's new best friend, Mrs. Julie. You see Mrs. Julie doesn't have any grandchildren yet so she puts all of her efforts and energy in with mine when we are around. She kept them constantly entertained, and they loved every minute of it! Ellie came up to me after they made snow cones and said, "Mama, do you think Mrs. Julie can paint my fingernails and toenails now?" Then she said, "Can Mrs. Julie do something else with me now?" So cute!

Tired babies after a fun beach trip. Speaking of tired, Greer got up every morning between 5:00 and 5:45 am! The kid is such an early riser it is unbelievable. Made for one tired Mama, but at least I got to enjoy EVERY part of the day including the sunrise!

Can't wait to go back to the beach in a few weeks!